Injuries or trauma to nerves due to spinal cord injury, burns, or stroke can also lead to muscle atrophy. Depending on the cause, atrophy may occur in one muscle, a group of muscles, or the entire body, and it may be accompanied by numbness, pain or swelling, as well as other types of neuromuscular or skin symptoms.
Definition of interpleader. : a proceeding to enable a person to compel parties making the same claim against him to litigate the matter between themselves.
Usage[edit] In an interpleader action, the party initiating the litigation, normally the plaintiff, is termed the stakeholder. The money or other property in controversy is called the res. All defendants having a possible interest in the subject matter of the case are called claimants.